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Title: In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Kellogg, Vernon Lyman, 1867-1937
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Publisher: New York: Holt
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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tion. In thehistoric small church of SantI Apostoll Is the tomb ofOddo Altovltl, in a style rather different from therest of his work, while in the church of Santa Trinita,in a chapel on the right of the nave, is a beautifulaltar presenting an unusual Intricacy and richness offancy in Its decorative carving. Other of the artistsworks In Florence are the tomb of Plero SoderinI, inthe choir of the church of the Carmine; a St. JohnIn the Duomo; a St. Michael In the portico of thechurch of San Salvl, and a relief of the Virgin andChild in the angle wall of Palazzo Borgherlnl (No.15, Borgo SS. Apostoll). Benedetto was the archi-tect of the palace of the Altovltl, near the church ofSantI Apostoll. This chapter pretends to no critical treatment of these men whom I have called the hill-sidesculptors. It only tries to attract the special atten-tion of the visitor In Florence to them. To one alittle surfeited with the long lines of pictures inthe great galleries, a little weary of eye-straining
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Photo. Alinari AltarBenedetto da Rovezzano: Santa Trinita The Hill-side Sculptors 199 inspection of frescoes in dim chapels, a quest of thesolidly but delicately stone-bound fancies of thedecorative sculptors may be a happy recreation.They are abundant, but not massed; scattered, butnot far to seek. There are tombs and doorways,altars and chimney-pieces, with their combination ofreverence and bubbling pagan fancy; sleeping hu-man figures, joyous cherubim, and grotesque masks,with their singing suggestions of nature, and theiringenious development of symmetrical scroll and line,all fixed in translucent-surfaced marble and framedand bound together in architectural harmony. CHAPTER XV OUTSIDE THE WALLS FEUDAL CASTLES AND FIESOLE FLORENCE is no Nuremberg or Lucca. Itswalls have long ago disappeared. Not en-tirely, to be sure; there is a fine old stretch that onesees from San Miniato, slanting up the hill towardFortezza San Giorgio. And there are a few noblegate towers of the ancient days

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